Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3784 mails)

[Dee McKinney <deem@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Nick,

While there is alot more to ask about what you need to do your requirements,
I run ATI XPERT 2000 32M AGP cards in the W98 & W2000 clients with no problems,
I run a Radeon 64M DDR AGP in my dual boot work station. It has a Nokia 445PRO
21" monitor attached which complements the card well. While I'n not a gamer,
I can push this card a lot higher than 1600x1200 -24bit. It's solid, and I have no issue
with it's performance. SaX2 finds it no problem. Etc.

I usually recommend ATI or Matox due to these having the least problems
and rock solid performance. Howbeit there needs to be comensurate monitor
and system to enjoy a nice card.

/Dee


Nick Webb <nickw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> 	After having many troubles with my gforce 256 SDR the last couple of 
> days (and may other time over its life), I decided 'to heck with it' and am 
> looking at a new card.  I like the performance of the gforce, but the drivers 
> are always sketchy, right now I can only do 2D (using XFree's nv driver).  
> I've heard that the ATI Radeon's are good, but looking at SuSE's hardware 
> database I see 'Problematically' by the cards, what kind of luck have 
> you guys had with these cards?  Are there any other cards that are good 
> for 2D and 3D?  I need something that can push 1600x1200-24bit color 
> @85Hz and play games like Quake III at decent frame-rates (I get around 
> 70 with 800x600 High Quality in QIIIA now).
> 
> Thanks!
> -- 
> Nick Webb
> http://www.uidaho.edu/~nickw/